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Bel Trew

Middle East Correspondent

Bel Trew is The Independent’s Middle East Correspondent, based in the region. Bel has covered the region since the start of the Arab Spring in 2011, and has reported on uprisings and subsequent conflicts in Egypt, Libya and Yemen. She has also covered the last two wars between Israel and Gaza, and followed the emergence of Isis in Tunisia.

Video shows the moment missile strikes plane in Iran

US and Canadian officials believe Iran fired surface-to-air weapon at passenger jet

Pompeo claim US support for Israel settlements advances peace

‘Settlements are a war crime and illegal.. they are antithetical for the basic requirement for peace’ say Palestinian officials

Trump rows back on further threats to Tehran, says Iran standing down

Iran fires missiles at US military bases in Iraq as crisis escalates

'35 mourners killed' during stampede at Qassem Soleimani's funeral

Iran-backed forces in Iraq warn of ‘sending US troops back in coffins’

Trump threatens to sanction Iraq if US troops expelled

Iran’s Quds Force will not fall apart after Soleimani’s killing

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Iran vows 'harsh vengeance' after general killed by US

Pentagon confirms US has killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani

Qassem Soleimani of Iran's Quds Force 'killed in airstrike'

The UN said Gaza would be uninhabitable by 2020 – but it already is

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Syrian rebels 'part of Turkish contingent' to be sent to Libya

Imminent deployment of Turkish and possibly Syrian rebel forces to Libya will only further deepen already complex proxy war

Netanyahu wins landslide victory in party primaries

Prime minister’s challenger Gidon Saar accepts defeat and vows to support Netanyahu in March general election

Israel’s Netanyahu declares victory after facing leadership challenge

Gaza’s Christians await Israel permits to see loved ones at Christmas

How a lucrative war in Yemen fuels conflict in Darfur 2000km away

Israel to be investigated for war crimes in Palestinian Territories

Israel urges Turkey to cut ties with Hamas

Sudan’s most feared commander speaks out

Editor’s letters

What Omar al-Bashir’s two-year sentence says about Sudan’s progress

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Iraq activists live fearing kidnapping, lynching, deliberate killing

As Bashir faces trial verdict, victims fear he’ll evade justice

Israel to hold unprecedented third election in under a year

Sudanese PM warns country will implode unless US sanctions are lifted

Israel in limbo as Netanyahu charged – conflict is the only certainty

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu charged with bribery

Inside war-ravaged Darfur where violence is killing the revolution

Women do not protest to be fetishised – their bravery needs support

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Netanyahu’s personal lawyer to be charged with money laundering

US no longer considers Israeli West Bank settlements 'illegal'

Israel investigating airstrike which killed family of eight in Gaza

Israel agrees Gaza ceasefire with militants after two days of fighting

Netanyahu’s gamble with Gaza may save his career but spark a war

24 dead in Israeli strikes on Gaza, as cross-border fighting rages

Products from illegal Israeli settlements must be labelled, ECJ rules

Rocket sirens in Tel Aviv after Israel kills Islamic Jihad leader

Editors' letters

What to do with former Isis members is a problem that isn’t going away

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News analysis

How White Helmets face a Russian campaign of disinformation

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British backer of the White Helmets found dead in Istanbul

Why we should turn climate change into a human rights issue

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Four anti-government activists shot dead in Iraq as rallies continue

Turkey captures former Isis leader al-Baghdadi's wife, Erdogan says

Israeli courts approve deportation of top human rights official

Three killed as Iraqi protesters attack Iran consulate in Karbala

Footage leaked of Israeli officer shooting Palestinian in the back

An EU decision over wine could impact the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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Iraq using tear gas grenades that shatter skulls, says Amnesty

US troops arrive back in Syria as Kurds fear handing control to Assad

Israeli soldier gets one month community service for killing Gaza teen

Iraq protesters killed as masked gunmen 'open fire on camp’

How Baghdadi was caught after years in hiding

Baghdadi's death won't reverse the damage Trump has done to the region

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Terrified witnesses describe US troops storming Baghdadi compound

Kurdish forces warn they cannot secure Isis prisons for much longer

US set to deploy tanks in Syria for first time to protect oil fields

Syrians on both sides of divisive war fearful of Turkey-Russia deal

Benny Gantz accepts mandate to try to form Israeli government

Trump lifts sanctions on Turkey over Syria ceasefire pledge

Russia and Turkey agree to joint patrols of Syria ‘buffer zone’

15 million in Yemen at risk of deadly diseases amid water crisis

Israel PM Netanyahu admits he cannot form government

US troops pelted with vegetables in protest at ‘betrayal’ in Syria

More than 60 British children trapped in war-torn north Syria: charity

Fighting rages in northern Syria despite the ceasefire

Kurds plead for humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians

UN warns of looming health crisis after foreign aid workers flee Syria

UK suspends new arms sales to Turkey in response to Syria offensive

Time ‘running out’ to bring foreign nationals home, as regime advances

Syrian regime troops enter Kurdish territory after deal

Isis fighters break out of north Syria jail amid fighting

Erdogan threatens to flood Europe with 3.6 million refugees